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Inclusion Project Phase II: Lao Women Leaders in Natural Resource Management
“Coordinating joint activities to support the livelihoods of each family, clarifying misunderstandings among group members, and maintaining harmony because, without it, we would not be able to work.”…
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Women Land Rights: Integrating Gender into Responsible Agriculture Investment (RAI)
February 15, 2022Hosted by the Land Information Working Group (LIWF), Community of Practice (CoP) members including Oxfam, Helvetas, Care, ADWLE, GDA developed Women Land Right tools. The purpose of…
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Mekong Regional Water Governance Program: Inclusion Project Phase 2 (2020-2024)
With over 72 million people in one of the world’s fastest growing economic regions, the Mekong Region is facing unprecedented challenges to ensure sustainable, healthy transboundary rivers and more…
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One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Pouluang's Story)
Pouluang dreams of building a small store with a larger working space to have others support him. However, recent payments to repair his truck, which he uses to transport the stoves, and tuition fees…
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One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Bing's Story)
Before giving birth to her third child, Bing often jumped back and forth between Laos and Thailand, working mainly at construction sites. For the last five years or so, she has made a…
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Covid-19 Takes Away a Single Mother’s Dream
Her job promised a positive future for Chandy, a mother of two, but Covid-19 has taken away her dream to make money to support her family and provide a good education for her children. “I had…
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Low Income Workers Struggle During Covid-19 Pandemic
‘’Without the food we get from the wetland, we would not be able to survive,’’ explains Thaek. Khaek’s family is one of many poor households in Nongthatay village, about 8km from central…
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A Worker’s Life Under the Covid-19 Lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to impose strict measures to contain the potentially deadly virus. As in other parts of the world, Lao authorities initiated a nationwide…
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Vaccinating the Poorest Half of Humanity Against Coronavirus
OXFAM PRESS RELEASEMay 14, 2020Vaccinating poorest half of humanity against coronavirus could cost less than four month’s big pharma profits - Oxfam Vaccinating the poorest half of humanity – 3.7…
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COVID-19 and Responses from Laos and the Greater Mekong Subregion
COVID-19 has brought and continues to bring unpreceded challenges for many countries around the world. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, at this phase…
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